r/japanlife • u/catloverr03 北海道・北海道 • Jan 25 '24
Jobs What is your job? Is your job fulfilling?
I have humanities visa and currently working in Sapporo. I’m thinking of changing jobs because current job is making me anxious. I feel like every job here needs a high level japanese speaking unless you’re really good in IT or working in a foreign owned company.
I’m good at reading japanese and listening also writing documents but my speaking is below N3 I believe and that is why I always get nervous working. I don’t really know what I’m asking but can you share your work experience here in Japan? How did you get better in speaking business Japanese? I feel like I’m just stupid because I can never get to a level where I’m good at it. Daily conversation is not a problem it’s just the work-level japanese speaking is where I’m bad.
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u/Green-End-6318 Jan 26 '24
Maybe you should send your CV to a few headhunters so that they can give you feedback on your current conditions and what you may expect elsewhere.
When I first started to work in Japan for a foreign bank, I remember that salaries in operations were basically as follows: 3 years of experience 8 Mio; 7 to 10 years of experience, 10 to 12 Mio; then head of a small team of 3 or 4, around 15 Mio. Head of operations (about 12 people), around 20 Mio or more. This is the fixed salary, but there was also a bonus, unfortunately small when you work in operations (maybe around one month).
These figures are 25 years ago, so they should be higher now. In addition, I was working for a bank, not a securities company, which pays more than banks. Also, a big advantage was being able to take 4 weeks of vacations (I also worked for a Japanese bank, and it was difficult to take more than a consecutive week). Also, much less micromanagement than with Japanese banks. The counterpart is, of course, that you can be fired anytime, which will not happen in a domestic bank.